Thanks for replying.
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Originally Posted by Mosu
How many programs that make use of context menus have you seen that give explicit hints that there's a context menu available? Serious question. I cannot think of a single one and would like to see how those programs do it.
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They indicate it by distinctive text color, or distinctive text background color, or a box, or an underline (like a web page link), or -- least desired -- switching to a finger mouse cursor (like a web page mouse-over on a link). Providing some sort of distinction saves the user having to 'click around' all over the application and it saves the user (me) missing some important info.
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There's a separate box for error messages; the don't show up in the regular output box. What does that error box show?
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I assume you mean the '[X] # errors' thingy in the status panel at the bottom of the application... Right now it says '[X] 0 errors'. I'm pretty sure I clicked it when the failure occurred -- I always do that when an error's indicated. It was my inability either to find an explanation or to find the thing that provides an explanation that prompted me to ask.